Munster have made 11 changes to the side that lost to Toulon in the semi-finals of the Heineken Cup for their penultimate league game against Edinburgh.

Munster motored their way to a home Heineken Cup quarter-final as they brushed Edinburgh aside 38-6 at Thomond Park.

Ulster 41 Edinburgh 17

Edinburgh 24 Connacht 32

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Dairygold has begun a drive to convince key suppliers in its core North Cork hinterland that signing up to the co-op’s new milk-supply agreement is in their best interests.

Connacht 23 Edinburgh 24

Ulster 45 Edinburgh 20

Ulster 45 Edinburgh 20

Newport Gwent Dragons 32 Edinburgh 12

Holland-born Edinburgh wing Tim Visser is one of five uncapped players included in Scotland’s summer tour squad.

Chris Paterson is to take on a new role with Scottish Rugby.

Ulster 22 Edinburgh 19

Head coach Michael Bradley is comfortable with the underdog tag as his Edinburgh side seek to continue their remarkable Heineken Cup adventure in tomorrow’s semi-final with Ulster.

Flanker David Denton is optimistic of winning his crucial battle with opposite number Stephen Ferris as Edinburgh seek to overcome Ulster on Saturday to secure a place in the Heineken Cup final.

Edinburgh 26 Scarlets 23

Ulster kept themselves in the race for the RaboDirect Pro12 play-offs by chalking up their fifth win from their last six league games against an under-strength Edinburgh outfit.

Ulster 38 Edinburgh 16

Former Irish and Munster scrum-half Michael Bradley has ruled himself out of the Munster job.

Connacht 26 Edinburgh 13

Munster 34 Edinburgh 17

Edinburgh 48 Racing Metro 47

DESPITE being short a host of internationals, Munster continue their rotation policy for tonight’s RaboDirect Pro12 away clash at Edinburgh.

Edinburgh 19 Connacht 14

Munster 20 Dragons 12

Things are going from bad to worse for Tomás O'Leary who has been withdrawn from the Munster squad to face Newport-Gwent Dragons at Musgrave Park on Saturday (7.45pm) because he is still suffering from lower back trouble.

Edinburgh Rugby head coach Michael Bradley has made three changes to his side for tomorrow night’s visit of Cardiff Blues in the opening match of the RaboDirect PRO12 at Murrayfield.

TOMÁS O’LEARY, John Hayes, James Coughlan and Johne Murphy are named in the 28-man Munster squad for Saturday’s RaboDirect Pro12 opening fixture against Newport Gwent Dragons at Musgrave Park (7.45pm).

FORMER Ireland and Lions star Mike Gibson has become the fifth Irishman to be inducted into the International Rugby Board’s Hall of Fame.

THE brother of an Irish mother missing for over a decade says he believes police gave up on his sister because she was middle-aged.

Heather Mills has closed her vegan restaurant, apparently for just a six-month "summer break".

PROFESSOR Tony Collins laughs when you ask about the reaction to his new book: “I’ve gotten a good response from people who aren’t English,” he says.

A man whose sister has been missing for 10 years is calling on the Government to subscribe to the EU's Missing Children's helpline.

England 32 Scotland 5

Two of the unbeaten teams at the U-18 Six Nations Festival in Cork go head to head tomorrow at Musgrave Park when Scotland and England clash at 2.30pm.

A Dublin woman is among the people featured on a BBC programme aiming to reunite vulnerable missing men and women with their families, it emerged today.

THE directors of Anglo Irish Bank saw their combined pay rise by 10% to more than €9 million in the past year.

Two US doctors have been arrested and accused of keeping an illegal Filipino immigrant in their luxury home for 20 years, not paying her or allowing her to leave without an escort except for shopping trips.

Wales got their Under-21 World Championship campaign off to a winning start at Netherdale, running out 46-11 victors against Russia.

IF Damien Duff thought visiting part of his past might have offered some refuge from the constant questions about his future, he was sadly mistaken.

Celtic 6 Dundee 2

YOU can’t argue with success, but how the hell do you talk to failure? How do you face down over a century of submission, of abject failure?